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Help get Abdallah Abu Rahmah out of jail

Posted on: December 14, 2009

Jewish Voice for Peace

11 December 2009

Today the people of Bil’in are protesting in solidarity with Abdallah Abu Rahmah. Here’s how you can stand in solidarity with them:

Please contact President Obama and ask for Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s release.

On Thursday at 2 AM, the Israeli military surrounded the Ramallah home of Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a high school teacher and the Coordinator of Bil’in’s Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, and arrested him. Abu Rahmah is among the leaders of the West Bank village of Bil’in’s nearly five-year nonviolent struggle of protests, lawsuits and boycotts (1) aiming to save the … Continue reading


Updated on December 14, 2009
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Bil’in residents call for the release of the village’s prisoners in a weekly Friday demonstration

Posted on: December 11, 2009

Bil’in Popular Committee

11 December 2009

Approximately 150 Palestinian, international and Israeli activists gathered in Bil’in today, marking the 22nd anniversary of the start of the First Intifada and calling for the release of the village’s prisoners arrested for their involvement in the non-violent demonstrations against the Wall and settlements built on land stolen from Bil’in.

Demonstrators gathered in the village after the Friday prayers and marched towards the Wall that is being constructed on their land. Organised by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, activists raised Palestinian flags and banners condemning Israel’s policy of settlement expansion and the recent … Continue reading


Updated on December 19, 2009
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Israel arrests Palestinian barrier protest leader

Posted on: December 11, 2009

Ben Hubbard | Washington Post

11 December 2009

RAMALLAH, West Bank — A leader of the most persistent Palestinian protest movement against Israel’s West Bank separation barrier was asleep in his home when troops broke down his door and arrested him.

Supporters of Abdullah Abu Rahmeh, a 38-year-old teacher, say his pre-dawn arrest on Thursday by dozens of troops is part of a recent, heavy-handed campaign by Israel to shut down a five-year-old movement that is the last source of unrest in the West Bank.

Since 2005, demonstrators led by Abu Rahmeh have marched every Friday from the West Bank village of Bilin … Continue reading


Updated on December 11, 2009
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Release Bil’in popular leader Abdallah Abu Rahmah

Posted on: December 10, 2009
Desmond Tutu (centre) with Abdallah Abu Rahmah of Bil'in popular committe, Ela Bhatt, Jimmy Carter, Fernando H Cardoso, Mary Robinson and Gro Brundtland of the Elders during a visit to Bil'in

10 December 2009

As part of a recent escalation of political arrests in Bil’in, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a school teacher and coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee was arrested by Israeli soldiers.

At 2am on Thursday, 10 December 2009, seven Israeli military … Continue reading


Updated on January 13, 2010
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Bil’in leader Abdallah Abu Rahmah arrested during military night raid

Posted on: December 10, 2009
Abdallah Abu Rahmah (right) with Ela Bhatt, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter, Fernando H Cardoso, Mary Robinson and Gro Brundtland of the Elders during their visit to Bil'in

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

10 December 2009

As part of a recent escalation of political arrests in Bil’in, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a school teacher and coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee was arrested by Israeli soldiers

At exactly 2 AM last night, seven … Continue reading


Updated on December 11, 2009
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